The Pokémon Company International

Manager, Consent Management Platform (24-month Fixed Term)

The Pokémon Company International • $141K — $254K *
Bellevue, WA 98006In-Person
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Qualifications

  • 2-5 years managing engineering teams or complex technical initiatives
  • 5+ years in multi-tier digital applications and services
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • Experience with API-driven platforms and customer experience integration
  • Strong grasp of data-management principles and privacy governance
  • Familiarity with cloud-native architectures on platforms like AWS
  • Effective in influencing and resolving challenges across organizations

Responsibilities

  • Lead a high-performing team focused on digital platform capabilities
  • Drive the roadmap for Consent Management capability and platform
  • Align stakeholders on consent requirements for digital experiences
  • Enhance consistency of customer preferences across touchpoints
  • Manage delivery outcomes with visibility on progress and risks
  • Collaborate with technical leaders for scalable architecture solutions
  • Facilitate planning across teams for aligned execution and solutions

Benefits

  • 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums
  • Generous paid family leave
  • Employer-paid life insurance and income protection insurance
  • 401k matching for US employees
  • Pension contributions for UK/IRE/MX employees
  • Fitness reimbursement and commuter benefits
  • LinkedIn learning opportunities
  • Hybrid work environment
  • Comprehensive relocation package for certain roles
  • Company events celebrating Pokémon culture
Full Job Description
Get to know the role
  • Job Title: Manager, Consent Management Platform
  • Job Summary: As Manager, Consent Management Platform, you will lead the small, high-impact engineering team responsible for establishing, delivering and evolving shared capabilities that enable consistent consent and preference experiences across the Pokémon digital ecosystem. You will lead the roadmap and delivery of the platforms and services that enable this capability, including the Preference Center, consent-management services and APIs, relevant data and identity integrations, audit capabilities, and the technical controls required to support customer choices across content-driven websites, authenticated experiences, marketing platforms, event systems and other global Pokémon digital initiatives.2
  • FLSA Classification (US Only): Exempt
  • People Manager: Yes


What you9ll do
  • Lead and develop a high-performing team of Software Engineers responsible for delivering and operating shared digital platform capabilities, with Consent Management as a primary area of focus.
  • Establish and drive the Consent Management capability and platform roadmap, translating agreed business, fan-experience, privacy and regulatory requirements into clear priorities, outcomes and delivery plans.
  • Create alignment across Product, Engineering, Privacy, Legal, Data Governance, Marketing Technology and other stakeholders on how consent and preference requirements are translated into consistent digital capabilities and experiences.
  • Drive greater consistency in how consent and customer preferences are implemented across fan-facing touch points, reducing fragmented approaches and enabling reusable enterprise capabilities.
  • Own delivery outcomes for the Consent Management platform and associated shared capabilities, providing clear visibility of progress, milestones, dependencies, risks and key performance indicators.
  • Partner with senior technical leaders to guide architecture and solution design, ensuring platforms are scalable, secure, reliable and maintainable while supporting the intended fan experience.
  • Lead and facilitate cross-functional and multi-team planning to align solution approaches, responsibilities, dependencies and execution strategies.
  • Ensure appropriate consideration of auditability, identity, data stewardship, security and privacy requirements throughout platform design and delivery, in partnership with the accountable subject-matter experts.
  • Balance investment across new capability development, platform modernization, operational resilience and technical health.
  • Drive exploration and responsible adoption of AI-enabled solutions where they can improve team productivity, platform performance, quality or delivery outcomes.
  • Provide strategic leadership across related platform initiatives, contributing to standards, operating models and cross-team practices that improve consistency and quality.
  • Develop team members through coaching, feedback and performance management, including development planning and mentoring current and future technical leaders.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement and thoughtful innovation, encouraging the team to challenge existing approaches where doing so improves business and fan outcomes.


What you9ll bring
  • 2-5 years of demonstrated experience leading and managing engineering teams or complex technical initiatives.
  • 5+ years of experience building, operating, or overseeing modern, multi-tier digital applications and services in production environments.
  • Bachelor9s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience designing or leading API-driven platforms that integrate customer experiences, identity systems, data stores, vendor products, or enterprise applications.
  • Strong understanding of data-management principles, including data ownership, classification, quality, lineage, retention, access control, auditability, and lifecycle management.
  • Working knowledge of consent management, customer preferences, privacy engineering, responsible data use, or related data-governance concepts.
  • Experience working with cloud-native architectures, including containerized workloads (EKS, ECS) and managed data stores (RDS, DynamoDB) on AWS or comparable cloud platforms.
  • Proven ability to lead both teams and projects, influence across a highly matrixed organization, and effectively resolve organizational and delivery challenges.
  • Experience operating in distributed, scalable production environments with awareness of monitoring, reliability, and operational best practices.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to engage and influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels.
  • Results-oriented mindset with a strong customer focus, attention to quality, and commitment to execution.
  • Growth mindset with the ability to adopt new practices and lead their adoption across teams.
  • Proficiency with standard productivity and collaboration tools, including Microsoft Office Suite and Atlassian products.


Base Salary Range: For this role, new hires generally start between $141,048 - $187,669 per year. The full range is $141,048 - $254,045 per year. This range is applicable for the labor market where the role is intended to be hired. The final base salary is directly related to the candidate9s qualifications and professional experience uniquely.

How you9ll be successful
  • Passion for Pokémon: Develops an understanding of the Pokémon brand, the impact it has on our people, culture, business, fans, and communities, and applying that knowledge and passion to everything you do.
  • Challenging the Expected: Approaches challenges with curiosity and creativity, embracing the possibility of failure as an opportunity to learn something new, develop innovative ideas, solve complex problems and identify unique opportunities.
  • Integrity and Respect: Demonstrates integrity and respect by leading with empathy, listening to others, seeking out different perspectives, and taking personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and results.
  • Dedicated to Quality: Takes ownership to maintain and promote high standards, looks for new ways to learn and improve, and embraces a growth mindset to seek and apply feedback from others in an effort to continuously improve.
  • Building Relationships: Develops and strengthens relationships, adopting a 4team first4 mentality and working collaboratively to solve problems and meet shared goals.
  • Delighting Customers: Listens and understands the interests and needs of our customers and stakeholders, making them feel heard and important, and embracing these learnings to continue delivering a unique Pokémon experience.


What to expect
  • An innovative culture driven by impact, delivering meaningful outcomes.
  • Company events that celebrate the spirit of Pokémon.
  • Competitive cash-based compensation programs.
  • 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you.
  • Generous paid family leave.
  • Employer-paid life insurance.
  • Employer-paid long and short-term income protection insurance.
  • US Employees: 401k Employer Matching.
  • UK/IRE/MX Employees: Pension Employer Contributions.
  • Fitness reimbursement.
  • Commuter benefit.
  • LinkedIn learning.
  • Comprehensive relocation package for certain roles.
  • Hybrid work environment.


The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this role. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. For roles in the United Kingdom, candidates will need the right to work. In some cases, and for some roles, the Company may be able to arrange a visa. For roles in Ireland, this role requires candidates to have the right to live and work in the Republic of Ireland. However, we welcome applications from all nationalities and may consider supporting an employment permit application, in appropriate and suitable cases.

About The Pokémon Company International

The Pokémon Company is a Japanese company responsible for brand management, production, publishing, marketing, and licensing of the Pokémon franchise, which consists of video game software, a trading card game, anime television series, films, manga, home entertainment products, merchandise, and other ventures. It was established through a joint investment by the three companies holding the copyright of Pokémon: Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. It began operating in 1998 and adopted the moniker Pokémon Ltd. in October 2000. The company is headquartered in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. The company has separate subsidiaries that handle operations in different parts of the world, with the Pokémon Company International supporting the territories outside Asia and being responsible for brand management, licensing, marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website on the territories outside Asia. The Pokémon Company also handles publishing of all Pokémon video games since 2001 alongside Nintendo. The Pokémon Company is mostly responsible for marketing and funding, while Nintendo handles distribution of the titles in Japan and outside it. Both companies work together in localization, production, QA, and other aspects. The company is solely responsible for publishing and licensing mobile Pokémon titles, unlike console titles where it has help from Nintendo.
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